/* alloca.c: Check if the system's alloca() function actually extends the * stack. If it doesn't, it's not usable for Elk. * * The second value printed should be about 100 larger (or smaller, * depending on the stack growing direction) than the first value. * * $Id$ * * Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, Oliver Laumann, Berlin * Copyright 2002, 2003 Sam Hocevar , Paris * * This software was derived from Elk 1.2, which was Copyright 1987, 1988, * 1989, Nixdorf Computer AG and TELES GmbH, Berlin (Elk 1.2 has been written * by Oliver Laumann for TELES Telematic Services, Berlin, in a joint project * between TELES and Nixdorf Microprocessor Engineering, Berlin). * * Oliver Laumann, TELES GmbH, Nixdorf Computer AG and Sam Hocevar, as co- * owners or individual owners of copyright in this software, grant to any * person or company a worldwide, royalty free, license to * * i) copy this software, * ii) prepare derivative works based on this software, * iii) distribute copies of this software or derivative works, * iv) perform this software, or * v) display this software, * * provided that this notice is not removed and that neither Oliver Laumann * nor Teles nor Nixdorf are deemed to have made any representations as to * the suitability of this software for any purpose nor are held responsible * for any defects of this software. * * THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY FOR THIS SOFTWARE. */ /* On some systems you may have to enable the #include and delete the line * declaring alloca(). */ /* #include */ extern char *alloca(); char *stkbase; prstk(char *s) { char foo; printf("stack %s calling alloca(100): %lu\n", s, (long)(stkbase - &foo)); } main(int ac, **av) { char *foo; stkbase = (char *)&foo; prstk("before"); foo = alloca(100); prstk(" after"); return 0; }